Yeah, sure they won’t. OK, show of hands, people: how many of you believe that IPSO’s new guidelines for reporting on stories involving Islam and Muslims will not actually impinge upon the right to criticize Islam or challenge Islamic teachings? How many of you actually believe that IPSO will not act as part of the larger initiative in Theresa May’s shabby little police state to criminalize and silence all criticism of Islam? I don’t see any hands raised.
“Press regulator to issue new guidance on stories about Islam or Muslims that ‘will not impinge right to criticise or challenge,’” by Charlotte Tobitt, PressGazette, January 15, 2019:
Press regulator the Independent Press Standards Organisation will publish guidance later this year on the reporting of Islam and Muslims in the UK.
IPSO, the UK’s largest press regulator, said the guidance would “help journalists to report on a sensitive area whilst ensuring that it does not impinge their right to criticise, challenge or stimulate debate”….
Guidance issued by IPSO is non-binding and is supplementary to the Editors’ Code of Practice.
IPSO says its guidance is “designed to support editors and journalists” and “does not limit or restrict editorial decision making, but may inform that decision making”.
In a blog outlining IPSO’s planned standards and monitoring work for 2019, head of standards, Charlotte Urwin, said improving the reporting of Islam and Muslims was one of the regulator’s five priority areas for the year.
Urwin said IPSO began working on producing guidance for journalists on the reporting of Islam and Muslims in the UK in October 2018, describing it as “an area of broad political and social concern”.
She said IPSO has established an informal working group, which includes academics with research experience relating to Islam and Muslims in the UK and representatives of relevant organisations, to help draft the guidance….
Of the approximately 320 complaints investigated by IPSO with a ruling published in 2018, nine related to coverage of Islam or Muslims in the UK.
Of these, five were upheld by IPSO as a breach of the Editors’ Code of Practice by Press Gazette’s count.
These were:
- Mail Online – “Landmark ruling sees British court recognise sharia law for the first time as judge rules wife married in Islamic ceremony can make claim on husband’s assets under UK law”
- Daily Star online – “McDonald’s may be forced to close ALL restaurants in London Borough after hijab row”
- The Times – “Judge rules child must leave Muslim foster home”
- The Sunday Times – ‘”Asians make up 80% of child groomers- study”
- The Spectator – “Accept this as the new normal? Never”
Press Gazette found 12 corrections about stories relating to Islam and just one such story about Christianity in complaints involving IPSO in 2015-16….
Daily Express editor Gary Jones, who took the top job at the paper in March last year, told MPs a few months later that the title had in the past created an “Islamaphobic sentiment”.
gravenimage says
Uh huh…
Glad to see that there are people protesting this crushing of freedom of speech.
mortimer says
IPSO will be bribed and threatened and money will flow to them from UAE and Qatar.
This is the SHARIA POLICE … “HISBAH” … Mohammedans are required to FORBID anything that stops Islamic supremacism.
J D S says
I will say this… The west will deteriorate and has deteriorated with The right to criticize removed.
gravenimage says
We need to push back. Freedom of speech is our most important right.
sheliak says
You can bet the new press guidelines were faxed directly from Brussels to Number 10.
somehistory says
Right on the heels of the “councils” determining what is a “phobia” of islam, and letting the public know that criticism of moslims, islam, hoaxes, terror, invasion with the goal of takeover, etc. is all to be stopped immediately…or else.
Indiana Tom says
Big Brother Press Regulator Freedom of Truth Ministry a division of the Ministry of Truth Standards Organisation will publish loving guidance later this year on the reporting of Islam and Muslims in Oceania.
The Ministry Of Truth, Oceania’s largest press regulator of free speech, said the loving guidance would “help journalists to report on a sensitive area whilst ensuring that it conforms to the INGSOC party standards.
Graeme Howarth says
Raise my hand?
What do you mean Robert?
I already have both hands in the air in anticipation of the long desired total capitulation the authorities want from me :/
(am I safe now???)
gravenimage says
Darkly hilarious, Graeme.
Ernie says
” Found in WikipediA : IPSO……….It also UNDERTAKES MONITORING WORK , including by REQUIRING PUBLICATIONS TO SUBMIT ANNUAL COMLIANCE REPORTS . IPSO HAS THE POWER , WHERE NECESSERY TO REQUIRE THE PUBLICATION OF PROMINENT CORRECTIONS AND CRITICAL ADJUDICATIONS , AND MAY ULTIMATELY FINE PUBLICATIONS IN CASES WHERE FAILINGS ARE PARTICULARLY SERIOUS AND SYSTEMATIC . ” This sounds to me like a seriously MUZZLED PRESS , and part of a TOTALITARIAN STATE ( FORM ) . It’s all about MIND-CONTROL .
Ernie says
error : COMLIANCE must be : COMPLIANCE ofcourse , my apologies .
dan christensen says
From the global compact on migration:
“OBJECTIVE 17: Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote evidence-based public
discourse to shape perceptions of migration
Promote independent, objective and quality reporting of media outlets, including internetbased
information, including by sensitizing and educating media professionals on
migration-related issues and terminology, investing in ethical reporting standards and
advertising, and stopping allocation of public funding or material support to media outlets
that systematically promote intolerance, xenophobia, racism and other forms of
discrimination towards migrants, in full respect for the freedom of the media.”
NOT a word about duties of migrants to respect the laws and cultural habits in the receiving countries.
Proposal for addendum to Objective 17:
Promote independent, objective and quality reporting of migrants behavior, including internetbased
information, including by sensitizing and educating media professionals on
migrant-originated violence and anti-Christian hate-speech, investing in ethical reporting standards and
advertising, and stopping allocation of public funding or material support to migrants
that systematically promote islamic intolerance, racism against non-muslims and other forms of minorities discrimination towards populations in hosting countries, in full respect for the freedom of the taxpayers in the hosting countries.
Ragai Mitry says
Why aren’t government regulators, in any country on the planet, involved with reporting/regulating speech about ANY RELIGION OTHER THAN ISLAM?
Coonie says
Perhaps because other religions do not feel victimized.
gravenimage says
Perhaps because other religions do not want to take over…
Giacomo Latta says
The free speech we have, or had until the arrival of islam, is just perfect. Total freedom to say what you like, unless it is by megaphone in a residential zone at 3 AM or unless it is being used to aid or abet law-breaking.
Tama says
What are they going to due with the schools, not than one in sure, with rules like the girls can’t eat their lunch until after the boys are done theirs . Keep having parallel laws only where it benefits that group:/
Anjuli Pandavar says
IPSO’s guidance to not impinge our right to criticise, challenge or stimulate debate ipso facto impinges our right to criticise, challenge or stimulate debate.
Noel says
I want to shout “Why is Islam a sensitive subject?”